I am about 40 some hours in. Woke up with a headache this morning. Normally I would say salt deficit but wasn’t sure. Could be stress/work related. Still upped my salt via soy sauce. Had a bit of the runs because of soy sauce so sipping it over the rest of the day.
Otherwise, I feel fine. Just head hungry for food but don’t feel hungry, maybe a pang here and there. Drinking black coffee, had a few chia seeds, and tea, and water.
Don’t think fasting is transformative for me yet psychologically. I struggle with it but I am trying to learn from my own reactions. Why did I start to hyperfocus on food yesterday during a fast? Can I do it differently? I have enough interesting work to do! Yesterday afternoon, for a bit of time, I tunnel visioned on getting a deep fryer for the future!! During my 7 day fast last year I also started to hyper focus on recipes and cooking tools like sous vide!
Energy level seems fine, while I am still recovering from a wicked cold from last week. No clarity nor focus, more like a muddle trying to soldier through. Perhaps it feels less muddy than my fast I did last year. So things are looking up!
I like the idea of more fasts but shorter in duration, as @ron-coleman is planning. It feels less like an ‘all or nothing’ experience. I know I will go back to ‘normal’ in a few days. While doing a shorter fast I will still have a variety of benefits, both health and weight wise. While I did weigh myself yesterday morning I have become less weight focussed over time and more trusting of the process and knowing that time is on my side. Since I started last March '17 I have approximately lost on average a pound a week, with lots of ups and downs. That works for me.